Vaporizer and control panel



Dec. 14, 1948. I F. w. GLOSSBRENNE 2,456,057

VAPORIZER AND CONTROL PANEL Filed Oct. 13, 1947 IN VEN TOR.

FREDERICK if 6Zo5srmw1vm BWZQM.

A TTOZFNEY,

Patented Dec. 14, 1948 PATENT memes vAPoRrzEmANn common PANEL...,Frederick.W.:Glossbrenner,Indianapolis/Ind.

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' end 'ofa cabinet F ofstandard construction; the =sucl=ras moldedplastict having a substantial heatvi -assembly T of the presentinvention being -associin-sulating e'fiect.

' -'ated therewith; Ports 3I ai1d"32"are fornredfiini the wall 'llxrat*Fig'. 2'is a-horizontalse'ction; showing'the heatverticallyspacedpoints'and-asig'ht glass 33; pro- -ing-unit:and=tankofi'my'vaporizer;vided iiitith end fittingsflkahd 535 is :mounted Fig. 3 is averticalsection; showing the intemal upon the tank with said fittings 34and 35 in constructionof'my vaporizer;andthe manner-of registry -witlithe'ports' fii l-' and 32. 'Ihereby;:'the

its association with-the cabinet vaponheader; 0 liquid level iri thetankzmay always be'ascertairied 'Fig i is a'p'lan -viewof"my--=vapon'zer, with the I byinspection Of the sight glass 33. coveropen; and Near the'upper end of-"the -wa'll I8"is formeda Fig. 5 isan-"end elevationz'sirowing my control port with which*.registers ash'ortpipe'section iit panel and a portion of the cabinet wall withwhich rigid y fi 8*ahdpro'jectin it is associated. 35 from. The pipe 36is so proportioned and de- In the drawings, I have shown a part of astandsigned as to be telescopically insertible into the ard vapor bathcabinet, indicated generally by header 12. The tank 15 may be supportedsolely the reference numeral 10, and including an end by the engagementof the pipe section 36 in the wall II. In accordance with standardpractice, header I2; but I prefer to provide a bracket 31, adistributing header i2 is built into the cabinet 40 of any suitableconstruction, fixed to the wall H and it opens through said wall II, asis clearly and so related to the header I2 that, when the to be seen inFig. 3. Usually on the internal surpipe section 36 is received in saidheader, the face of the wall ll, there is supported an infrabracket willprovide additional support for the red heating device, indicated by thereference tank l5. numeral I3; and of course that device is provided Thtank wall 20 i formed, near its lower end.

with an energizing circuit which, as illustrated. with an opening 38 inwhich may be mounted terminates in a connector fitting I4 mounted uponan immersion type electric heater indicated genthe wall I l andaccessible from the outside of erally by the reference numeral 39. Saidheater said wall. will preferably be of the kind providing two or cordint the present invention, y vapormore heating elements 40 and 4| whichWill be izer, indicated generally by the reference numeral suspendednear the bottom of the tank and in the Comprises a tank ng a bottom wallis. body of the liquid therein. A nut 42 and a nut front and back wallsI! and I8, and end walls 19 43, threaded onto the body of the unit 39,on and 20 upstanding from the bottom wall I6, and opposite sides of thewall 20, act to clamp the unit leaving the top of the tank substantiallyopen 39 in position.

A control panel 44 is readily removably attached to the wall H by meansof suitable brackets 45. An electrical connector fitting 46 of themale-knife blade type is mounted upon the panel 44 in the mannerillustrated, whereby its blades are exposed, but sunken beneath thesurface of the panel. The terminals of said fitting are connected, bysuitable wiring, through a threeway switch 4'! mounted upon said panel,to the energizing circuits of the unit 39, by means of a standardconnector cord 48. Said terminals of the fitting 45 are furtherconnected, through a parallel circuit, and through a switch 49 mountedon the panel 44, to a standard electrical connector cord 50 whoseopposite end carries a connector fitting 5| adapted to be operativelyassociated with the fitting l4. Preferably, a pilot light 52 mounted onthe panel 44 will be connected in series between the switch 49 and thecord 50.

As a result of the structure above described, the entire operating andcontrol mechanism for a cabinet of the character herein illustrated maybe readily assembled with, or removed from, said cabinet, merely bydisconnecting the fitting 5|, loosening the brackets 45, and withdrawingthe pipe section 36 from its telescopic engagement in the header l2.Thereby, if trouble develops in the vaporizer or in any one of thecontrols for the cabinet, the Whole assembly may be readily removed andreturned to the factory for repair or replacement.

Power will be led to the assembly, of course, by an ordinary connectorcord provided at one end With a connector fitting for operativessociation with any standard power outlet, and at its opposite end witha female plug fitting operatively associable with the male fitting 46.

I claim as my invention:

1. A vaporizer assembly comprising a tank formed to provide bottom,side, and end walls, means spanning a pair of said walls at spacedpoints, each of said means being provided with a tapped opening therein,a cover for said tank,

said cover being formed with spaced openings l,

registering, when said cover is in closing association with said tank,with said tapped openings, a screw enterable through each of said coveropenings and taking into one of said tapped openings,

each of said screws being provided with an operating knob at one end,said cover further being provided with a tapped opening therein, afurther screw taking into said tapped opening in said cover and having aknob at one end, a sight glass,

4 means mounting said sight glass on said tank outside the same, theupper and lower ends of said sight glass being in communication with theinterior of said tank at vertically spaced points, one upstanding wallof said tank being provided with an opening therethrough adjacent saidbottom wall, an electrical heater includin a body and a resistanceheating unit, said unit being entered through said last-named openingand positioned within said tank, means clamping said body to saidupstanding wall, another upstanding wall of said tank being providedwith an opening therethrough at a point remote from said bottom wall,and a short pipe section rigidly fixed to said last-named upstandingwall and registering with said last-named opening for communication withthe interior of said tank.

2. The combination with the vaporizer of claim 1, of a control panelincluding an electric switch mounted on said panel, wiring connectingsaid switch to control current flow to said electrical heater, a maleknife-type connector fitting mounted on said panel with its bladesexposed but sunken below the surface of said panel, and a power lineprovided at one end with a connector for operative association with anystandard power outlet and at its opposite end with a female pluoperatively associable with said panel male fitting.

3. A control assembly for a bath cabinet provided with avapor-distributing header opening through a wall of said cabinet andwith an electrically-energizable' heating device having an energizingcircuit including connector terminals accessible from the outer surfaceof said wall, said i assembly comprisin a tank, means for removablymounting said tank on the outer surface of said wall, an electricalheating unit for said tank carried by said tank, a, control panel, meansfor removably mounting said panel on said wall, a male knife-typeconnector fitting mounted on said panel with its blades exposed butsunken below the surface of said panel, a switch carried by said panel,wiring providing an energizing circuit for said electrical heating unitconnecting said fitting with said heating unit through said switch, asecond switch mounted on said panel, a flexible connector cord connectedwith said fitting through said second switch, and a connector fitting onsaid cord associable with said connector terminals for said cabinetheating device.

FREDERICK W. GLOSSBRENNER.

No references cited.

